In the specific case of the ECI, it is evident that the use of the means provided by the new technologies made it easier and extended its use. This results in a democratization of the instrument to the extent that citizen participation becomes easier and friendly.

1.1. The European democratic construction

The values of freedom, democracy, and the rule of law (Bonavides, 2001; Silva and Alves, 2016) are the mottoes of the entire European construction, both yesterday and today, present in the 1950 Schuman Declaration or documents of the moment that draw the current action vectors. In addition to article 2 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU), the Commission (2001) enshrines them by saying that the European Union Court of Justice ensures respect for the rule of law and is safeguarded through the mechanism of article 7 of the Treaty on European Union, addressing the violation of democracy, which is nowadays very much in line with the political problems in Hungary and Poland.

Common values come as a result of European history. Despite these founding values, the EU is often accused of a democratic deficit whether in the functioning of the institutions or in the issue of the right of access to documents, or even in the current issues of gender parity. Conscious of this, the EU maintains the ongoing construction towards greater transparency of procedures, access to information by citizens and the creation of better interinstitutional mechanisms (European Commission, 2017c).

It is through the democratic construction, rooted in the Philadelphia Convention of 1787, that a possible homogeneity of the EU is reached, based on the unavoidable diversity of the six founding countries, and today 28 or 27, if we consider the departure of the United Kingdom through of the mechanism of article 50 of the TEU.

Being sure to be one of the founding values almost 70 years ago, the democratic characterization of the European Union today is still open to discussion, as Moury (2016), in aspects such as the transparency of decision-making, the control of institutions or the participation of citizens in the legitimacy of both previous ones. But it is not questionable that the European Union is surely to be one of the places in the world where democracy and fundamental rights are protected from improved way (European Commission, 2003). There are already 60 years of peace in a globe where 60 military conflicts live but none of these wars on the Union’s territory, highlighted in the speech given by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, on March 25, 2017 for the 60th anniversary of the Treatys of Rome which created the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the European Economic Community (EEC).

In all situations the universal value of democracy must be promoted by the EU in its actions, partnerships and instruments, and the Commission (2016) is already thinking of the Agenda 2030. The institutions (European Committee of the Regions, 2015), are attentive to the efforts, having their own geometry of powers, with checks and balances, a translation of these concerns as well as the various reforms undergone by the EU institutions (Pais, 2010). And it will be through education and training in the common values and general principles of law established in articles 1 to 3 of the TEU that the EU path should be pursued in order to enable learners to acquire knowledge, skills and attitudes towards an active (Council, 2017) and democratic citizenship. By ensuring a high-quality education for all, at all levels of education, education policy